The federal government has implored Broward County schools to terminate its partnership with Latinos In Action , a national leadership program for all K-12 students — or face a federal funding cut — claiming the program discriminates against race.

In a letter to Broward Schools Superintendent Howard Hepburn, U.S. Education Department's Office for Civil Rights officials wrote Latinos In Action, or LIA, "appears to be explicitly organized around the concept of Latino ethnicity" and thus engages in "textbook racial discrimination."

" I was very surprised and a little confused," by the letter, Broward school board chair Debbie Hixon told WLRN. "It's been a program that we've had for a long time. It's been very successful and it's a great program of students helping other students."

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